Grease
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Music	Jim Jacobs Warren Casey
Lyrics	Jim Jacobs Warren Casey
Book	Jim Jacobs Warren Casey
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Grease is a musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. It takes its name from the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 in fictional Rydell High in Chicago, focuses on the romance between high schoolers Danny Zuko and Sandy Dumbrowski and tackles such social issues as teenage pregnancy and gang violence; its themes include love, friendship, teenage rebellion, sexual exploration during adolescence and, to some extent, class consciousness/class conflict. The show's score celebrates '50s rock and roll as well as doo-wop and other contemporary styles. Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... Jim Jacobs (born 1942) is an American composer, lyricist, and writer for the theatre. ... Warren Casey (1935 - November 8, 1988) was an American theatre composer, lyricist, writer, and actor. ... The 1950s decade refers to the years 1950 to 1959 inclusive. ... The term working class is used to denote a social class. ... A Youth subculture is youth-based subculture with distinct styles, behaviors and interests. ... For other uses of the term, see Greaser This article does not cite any references or sources. ... While real schools and universities are often prominently featured in works of fiction, this is a list of schools and universities which are entirely fictional, even though some of them are modeled after real world institutions. ... For other uses, see Chicago (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with gang. ... For other uses, see Love (disambiguation). ... Friendship is a term used to denote co-operative and supportive behavior between two or more humans. ... Juvenile delinquency refers to criminal acts performed by juveniles. ... Teen redirects here. ... Class consciousness is a category of Marxist theory, referring to the self-awareness of a social class, its capacity to act in its own rational interests, or measuring the extent to which an individual is conscious of the historical tasks their class (or class allegiance) sets for them. ... Class conflict is both the friction that accompanies social relationships between members or groups of different social classes and the underlying tensions or antagonisms which exist in society. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ...

The show became the longest-running Broadway musical in history, until it was beaten by A Chorus Line, and went on to become a West End hit, a hugely successful film, a popular 1994 Broadway revival, and a staple of regional theatre, summer stock, community theatre, and high school and middle school drama groups. For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... A Chorus Line is a musical with a book by James Kirkwood, Jr. ... West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, England, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland. Along with New Yorks Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre... For the original stage musical of the same name, see Grease (musical). ... Regional theatres (also called resident theatres) in the United States are professional theatre companies outside of New York City that produce their own seasons. ... Summer Stock is an MGM musical made in 1950. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Production history

The show's original 1971 incarnation was a play with incidental music^[1] staged at the Kingston Mines Theater in the Old Town section of Chicago. Producers Ken Waissman and Maxine Fox saw it and suggested to the playwrights it might work better as a full-scale musical, and told them if they were willing to rework it and if they liked the end result, they would produce it off-Broadway. The team headed to New York City and after additional collaboration and refinements, Grease opened at the Eden Theatre in downtown Manhattan on February 14, 1972. Excellent reviews and brisk box-office business prompted the producers to move it to Broadway. Ken Waissman is a Tony Award-winning American theatre producer. ... A playwright is an author of plays for performance in the theater. ... Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). ... is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Broadway production, directed by Tom Moore and choreographed by Patricia Birch (who later directed the ill-fated sequel of the film adaptation of Grease), opened on June 7, 1972 at the Broadhurst Theatre, where it ran for five months before transferring to the Royale Theatre. It remained there for more than seven years before moving to the Majestic Theatre to complete its record-setting 3,388-performance run. The original cast included Barry Bostwick as Danny and Carole Demas as Sandy, with Adrienne Barbeau, Timothy Meyers, and Walter Bobbie in supporting roles. Replacements later in the run included Jeff Conaway, Marilu Henner, Peter Gallagher, Ilene Graff, Judy Kaye, Patrick Swayze, John Travolta, Jerry Zaks, and Treat Williams. Richard Gere was an understudy for many roles in this production, including Danny Zucco, Teen Angel, and Vince Fontaine. For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... Choreography (also known as dance composition) is the art of making structures in which movement occurs, the term composition may also refer to the navigation or connection of these movement structures. ... Patricia Birch is a American choreographer and director for musical and film. ... Grease 2 is the 1982 sequel to 1978s smash hit movie Grease. ... is the 158th day of the year (159th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Broadhurst Theatre, 2006. ... The Royale Theatre is located on 45th Street in Manhattans Theatre District. ... The Majestic Theatre is a Broadway theatre at 245 West 44th Street in Manhattan, New York City. ... Barry Knapp Bostwick (born on February 24, 1945[1]) is an American actor and singer. ... Adrienne Jo Barbeau (born June 11, 1945) is an American television, film, and musical theater actress. ... Born on November 18, 1945 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Walter Bobbie is a noted dancer, choreographer, director and occasional actor. ... Jeff Conaway (born October 5, 1950, New York City, New York, U.S.) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Kenickie in the 1978 motion picture musical Grease and out-of-work actor Bobby Wheeler in the TV series Taxi. ... Marilu Henner (born April 6, 1952) is an American actress and producer. ... Peter Killian Gallagher (born August 19, 1955) is a Golden Globe-winning American actor. ... Brooklyn, New York born actress Ilene Graff (b. ... Appeared with the Santa Fe Opera (1985, 1990), the NYC opera (1989), NY Philharmonic (1990), Boston Pops Orchestra (1990) and the London Symphony Orchestra (1990). ... Patrick Wayne Swayze (born August 18, 1952) is an American dancer, actor, singer and songwriter. ... John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor, dancer, and singer, best known for his leading roles in films such as Saturday Night Fever, Grease and Pulp Fiction. ... Jerry Zaks is a director and actor born in Stuttgart, Germany on 7 September, 1946. ... Treat Williams (born December 1, 1951) is an American film, stage and television actor. ... Richard Tiffany Gere[1] (born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. ...

The original London production opened at the New London Theatre in June 1973 with a cast that included a then-unknown Richard Gere as Danny and Elaine Paige as Sandy. It was revived in London at the Astoria in 1979 with Su Pollard and Tracey Ullman. In 1993, a London revival ran for six years beginning on July 15, 1993, at the Dominion Theatre and transferring to the Cambridge Theatre in October 1996, where it ran until September 11, 1999. Directed by David Gilmore, the opening cast included Craig McLachlan (Danny), Debbie Gibson (Sandy), Shane Ritchie (Kenickie) and Sally Ann Triplett (Rizzo). (Variety, Review Abroad Grease, 8/2/93-8/8/93) Other performers who played Danny were Luke Goss, Ian Kelsey, and Darren Day. The New London Theatre is a theatre located on the corners of Drury Lane and Parker Street in the Covent Garden area of London. ... Richard Tiffany Gere[1] (born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. ... On the cover of Elaine Paige Tour Programme 2004 Elaine Paige OBE (born Elaine Bickerstaff on 5 March 1948 in Barnet, Hertfordshire) is a world-renowned English singer and actor, primarily in musicals. ... Susan Georgina Pollard (born 7 November 1949) is an English comedy actress known as Su Pollard who is best known for her roles in the sitcoms Hi-de-Hi! and You Rang, MLord?. // Pollard was born in Nottingham in 1949 as the eldest daughter of Don and Hilda Pollard... Tracey Ullman (born December 30, 1959) is a English comedian, actress, singer, dancer, screenwriter, and author, who is most famous for being the host of her eponymous variety television show. ... The Dominion Theatre is a West End theatre situated on Tottenham Court Road close to St Giles Circus and Centre Point Tower, in the London Borough of Camden. ... Jerry Springer – The Opera at the Cambridge Theatre The Cambridge Theatre in London is a modern theatre, facing Seven Dials, built using steel and concrete and is notable for its elegant and clean lines of design. ... Craig Dougal McLachlan (born September 1, 1965 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian actor and singer, best known for his role as Ed in Bugs. ... Deborah Ann Gibson (born August 31, 1970) is an American singer who was, along with Tiffany in the late 1980s, a very popular teen idol who appeared on the cover of teen magazines such as Tiger Beat multiple times. ... Shane Patrick Roche (born March 11, 1964), better known by his stage name Shane Richie, is a British actor and comedian. ... Sally Ann Triplett (born 15 April 1962, London United Kingdom) is a British singer and actress most famous for her participation in the Eurovision Song Contest and many West End productions. ... Luke Goss is a singer and actor from England, born 29 September 1969. ... Ian Kelsey (born 17th December 1966) hails from York in Yorkshire. ... Darren Day (born July 17, 1968) is an English actor, singer and television presenter. ...

After twenty previews, a Broadway revival directed and choreographed by Jeff Calhoun opened on May 11, 1994 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, where it ran for 1,505 performances. Featured were Ricky Paull Goldin (Danny), Brooke Shields and Rosie O'Donnell (Rizzo), Susan Wood (Sandy), Megan Mullally (Marty), Hunter Foster (Roger), and Paul Castree (Eugene). A U.S. national tour of the 1994 production started in September 1994 in New Haven, Connecticut, and ran for several years. The opening tour cast included Sally Struthers (Miss Lynch), who stayed with the tour for several years, Angela Pupello (Rizzo), Rex Smith (Danny), Trisha M. Gorman (Sandy), and Davy Jones (actor) (Vince Fontaine). Brooke Shields (Rizzo) started on the tour in November 1994 before joining the Broadway cast. Other notable performers on the tour were Mickey Dolenz (Vince Fontaine), Adrian Zmed (Danny), Debbie Gibson, Heather Stokes, Mackenzie Phillips and Jasmine Guy (Rizzo), and Sutton Foster (Sandy). Jeff Calhoun (born 1960) is an American choreographer, theatre director, and dancer. ... is the 131st day of the year (132nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... The Eugene ONeill Theater is a Broadway theatre. ... Brooke Christa Camille Shields[1] (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress and supermodel. ... Rosie ODonnell (born March 21, 1962 in Bayside, Queens, New York) is an 11-time Emmy Award-winning American talk show host, television personality, comedienne, film, television, and stage actress. ... Megan Mullally (born November 12, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is a three-time SAG and two-time Emmy Award-winning Irish-American actress, talk show host, singer and comedian, best known for her role as Karen Walker on Will & Grace. ... Hunter Foster (b. ... This article is about the city in Connecticut. ... Official language(s) none (de facto English) Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport[2] Largest metro area Hartford Metro Area[3] Area  Ranked 48th in the US  - Total 5,543[4] sq mi (14,356 km²)  - Width 70 miles (113 km)  - Length 110 miles (177 km)  - % water 12. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Image:RexSmith. ... For other persons of the same name, see Davy Jones. ... George Michael Dolenz (born March 8, 1945), better known as Micky Dolenz, is an American actor, musician, and director. ... Adrian Zmed (born March 14, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois) is a Romanian-American television and film actor. ... Mackenzie Phillips, as Julie Cooper on One Day at a Time. ... Jasmine Guy (born March 10, 1964 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actress. ...

A second Broadway revival, directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall, began previews at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on July 24, 2007 and opened on August 19, 2007. Max Crumm and Laura Osnes were selected to portray Danny and Sandy via viewer votes cast during the run of the NBC reality series Grease: You're the One that I Want!. The original score includes four songs written for the film adaptation: "Hopelessly Devoted to You," "Sandy," "You're the One That I Want," and the title number. A West End revival, with the leads similarly cast via ITV's Grease Is The Word, opened at the Piccadilly Theatre, London on August 8, 2007 to negative reviews.^[2] Kathleen Marshall is a choreographer, director and creative consultant. ... The Brooks Atkinson Theater is a Broadway theatre. ... is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Max Crumm is an American singer, dancer, and actor. ... Laura Ann Osnes (b. ... This article is about the television network. ... Reality television is a genre of television programming in which the fortunes of real life people (as opposed to fictional characters played by actors) are followed. ... For other uses, see ITV (disambiguation). ... Grease Is the Word is the UK version of NBCs Grease: Youre the One that I Want!. It was announced on December 20, 2006 by ITV,[1] it was to air in Spring/Summer 2007. ... The Piccadilly Theatre is situated on Denman Street in Londons West End, hidden behind Piccadilly Circus. ...

The Asian tour opened in Macau in October and has booked dates for Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Pusan, Taegu, Bangkok, Jakarta, Manila, Taipei, Hong Kong, Dubai, and various cities in India, and brought back the controversial cockfight scene during the Rydell Fight Song.

Synopsis

Act I

In 1959, Rydell High School's rebellious, happy, thrill-loving students start a new year. The "greasers" are comprised of the Burger Palace Boys and the Pink Ladies ("Alma Mater Parody"). The start of the new school year means lousy food ("You want my coleslaw?") and dreaded teachers ("I got Old Lady Lynch for English again. She hates my guts."). The Pink Ladies sit on one side of the lunchroom, and the Burger Palace Boys sit on the other. Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Greasers is a subculture that started in the 1950s and continued through the mid-1960s. ...

There's a new girl at school, Sandy Dumbrowski. She and the leader of the Burger Palace Boys, Danny Zucco, had a brief love affair the summer before, but the summer ended for them with unresolved feelings. In describing the fling to the Pink Ladies (Jan, Marty, Frenchy, and Betty Rizzo), Sandy focuses on the emotional attachment she and Danny had, while Danny, brags to the Boys (Roger, Doody, Sonny, and Kenickie) about the physical aspects of their relationship ("Summer Nights"). Sandy and Danny soon bump into each other at school, and while Sandy is happy to see Danny, he blows her off, pretending to be too cool. Rock star wannabe Doody gives an impromptu concert in the hall ("Those Magic Changes").

At Marty's pajama party, the girls experiment with wine, cigarettes and pierced ears, and talk about boys. Marty tells about her long-distance courtship with a Marine ("Freddy, My Love"). Meanwhile, the Burger Palace Boys are busy stealing hubcaps and teasing Kenickie about his new (used) car ("Greased Lightnin'"). The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States military responsible for providing power projection from the sea,[1] utilizing the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces. ...

Danny sees Sandy again and tries to apologize for his behavior, but she is hurt to find out that he has told his friends that she is "easy." Head cheerleader Patty Simcox interrupts to prompt Sandy to join the squad and to tease Danny about his latest indiscretions. The kids take their newfangled portable radios for a rock and roll picnic in the park and plan how they'll pair off at the upcoming school dance, while Roger shares his love for Jan and his favorite hobby ("Mooning"). Rizzo teases Danny for falling for a girl who resembles the excessively proper teenage ingenue, Sandra Dee ("Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee"). Sandy realizes that Danny is putting her off to be cool and wishes she had never met him.

Then the guys suggest that Marty to go out with Eugene, and she chases after them. The kids declare that they'll "always be together" ("We Go Together").

Act II

At the High School Hop, everyone is dancing, except Sandy. She's home feeling sorry for herself ("It's Raining on Prom Night"). Meanwhile the favorite radio DJ of the Burger Palace Boys and the Pink Ladies, Vince Fontaine, is the MC at the dance, which takes place in the gym. He's warming the kids up for a dance contest. Kenickie dumps his blind date and pairs off with his usual girl, Rizzo. Danny enters the contest with Kenickie's cast-off, Cha-Cha DeGregorio, and they win ("Born to Hand Jive").

A few days later at the Burger Palace after school, a couple of the guys run into Frenchy who flunked out of Rydell and has now dropped out of beauty school having failed all her classes.("Beauty School Dropout"). Danny, who has taken up track in order to win back Sandy's affections, doesn't know that the guys have been challenged to a rumble by Cha-Cha's boyfriend's gang. He's more concerned about patching things up with Sandy at the Twi-Light Drive In, but he moves too fast for her, and she leaves ("All Alone at a Drive-In Movie"). The "greasers" are having a party, as Doody and Roger sing "Rock and Roll Party Queen." Rizzo is worried that she's pregnant, but she's so mad at Kenickie that she tells him he's not the father. Rizzo rejects the kids' offers of help, especially Sandy's ("There Are Worse Things I Could Do"). Sandy wonders what she needs to do to fit in at Rydell ("Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee" (Reprise)).

The next time Sandy meets up with the Burger Palace Boys and the Pink Ladies, she has transformed herself into a greaser's dream date, leaving Danny "All Choked Up." Rizzo is relieved to learn that she isn't pregnant, and she and Kenickie reunite. All ends happily ("We Go Together" (Reprise)).

Roles and notable cast

• Sandy Dumbrowski — New in town, wholesome, pure, kind, and innocent girl. (soprano)

Notable Sandys include Debbie Gibson, Olivia Newton-John, Laura Osnes, Natalie Bassingthwaite, Lea Salonga, Christiane Noll, and Sutton Foster, Susan McFadden

• Danny Zuko — Handsome, cocky leader of the Burger Palace Boys gang. (tenor or baritone)

Notable Dannys include Barry Bostwick, Richard Gere, Treat Williams, Patrick Swayze, Adrian Zmed, Craig McLachlan, Rex Smith, Jonathan Wilkes, Ricky Paull Goldin, Max Crumm, Ian Kelsey, Jeff Conaway, Greg Evigan, Jarrod Carland, Peter Gallagher, John Travolta, Jon Secada, Danny Bayne

• Betty Rizzo — Tough & Sarcastic leader of the Pink Ladies gang. (mezzo-soprano)

Notable Rizzos include Adrienne Barbeau, Stockard Channing, Lucy Lawless, Rosie O'Donnell, Debbie Gibson, Danica McKellar, Linda Blair, Debby Boone, Sheena Easton, Jasmine Guy, Maureen McCormick, Mackenzie Phillips, Jody Watley, Brooke Shields, Jenny Powers, and Dannii Minogue.

• Frenchy — French Pink Lady - dropped out of school to enter Beauty School.

Notable Frenchys include Tracey Ullman.

• Marty — Most attractive member of the Pink Ladies gang. (mezzo-soprano)

Notable Martys included Marilu Henner and Megan Mullally.

• Teen Angel — Guardian Angel from above that tries to guide Frenchy when she drops out of beauty school. (tenor or baritone)

Notable Teen Angels include Donny Most, Davy Jones, Jeff Conaway, Chris Colfer, Eddie Mekka, Chubby Checker, John Farnham, Mary Bond Davis, Jennifer Holliday, Al Jarreau, Frankie Avalon, Darlene Love, and Felix Healy.

• Vince Fontaine — An egotistical daredevil, slimy radio disk jockey trying to relive his teenage years.

Notable Vinces include Micky Dolenz, Joe Piscopo, Andrew Wrigley and Peter Scolari.

• Doody — The youngest member of the Burger Palace Boys. (tenor, falsetto)

Notable Doodys include Martin Ericsson, Barry Pearl, and Sam Harris.

• Jan — Funny, loud, overweighted member of the Pink Ladies . (mezzo-soprano)

Notable Jans include Jamie Donnelly (both film and stage),Mimi Kennedy, and Marissa Jaret Winokur

• Kenickie — A tough and rude member of the Burger Palace Boys and a car fanatic. (baritone)

Notable Kenickies include Jeff Conaway

• Roger — An overweight and jolly prankster member of the Burger Palace Boys; loves Jan. (tenor)

• Cha-Cha (alto)

• Eugene Florczyk — A silly, pompous but gullible nerd.

• Johnny Casino — All-American, rock-star student at Rydell High. (baritone)

• Miss Lynch — A no-nonsense, serious, loud, English teacher.

• Patty Simcox — A pretty, peppy, cheerleader

Notable Pattys include Dominque Dawes

• Sonny — The funny, oversexual Italian-American "Wise Guy" of the Burger Palace Boys.

• Burger Palace Boys — The boys' gang of working-class "greasers-to-be."

• Pink Ladies — The snooty elitist girls' gang.

• Mr. and Mrs. Lömpfy - The good-natured but hapless owners of the General MacArthur Memorial Cockfighting Ring. They were removed from the original production after legal issues. (Mr. Lömpfy, mezzo bass; Mrs. Lömpfy, soprano)

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Song list

**Notes: newly added to the 2007 revival: "Grease" written by Barry Gibb, "Hopelessly Devoted to You" written by John Farrar; "Sandy" written by Louis St. Louis and Scott Simon; "You're the One That I Want" written by John Farrar. †Not in 2007 revival. ^[3]

Awards and nominations

1972 production

• Tony Award for Best Musical (nominee)
• Tony Award for Best Book (nominee)
• Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (Barry Bostwick, nominee)
• Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Timothy Meyers, nominee)
• Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Adrienne Barbeau, nominee)
• Tony Award for Best Costume Design (nominee)
• Tony Award for Best Choreography (nominee)
• Theatre World Award (Barbeau, winner)
• Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography (winner)
• Drama Desk Award for Most Promising Costume Design (winner)

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• Theatre World Award (Brooke Shields, winner)
• Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical (nominee)
• Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Marcia Lewis, nominee)
• Tony Award for Best Choreography (nominee)
• Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical (Sam Harris, nominee)
• Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography (nominee)

Footnotes

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References

• Synopsis and other information
• Newsday (Jan. 7, 2007): "Hopelessly Devoted to Grease", by Linda Winer
• Understudy (magazine of the Fulton Theatre, Lancaster, PA, Volume 1, September 2006)

External links

• Grease at The Internet Broadway Database
• Official website for 2007 Broadway revival
• Official website for West End production
• New York Times review, August 20, 2007